Media for protecting furs, hairs, feathers, and animal textile products against the attack of animal and plant pests



Patented Aug. 8, 1933 w en nearest -MEDIA iron rne'rscrrne rims, HAIRS,

FEATIWRS, film AIWAL TEXTILE PROD- UCTS AGAINST THE A'ETAfiK OF ANIMAL PLANT PEST Wilhelm Lommell and Heinrich Miinzel, Wiesdorf-on-the-Ehine, Germany, assignors to I. G. Farbenindustrie iilrtiengesellschaft, Frankforton-the-M'ain, Germany Germany,

a (Jorporation of No Drawing. Application May 17, 1929, Serial v No. 363,990, and in Germany May 21, 1928' 11 Claims.

" page 193; 229 pages 309, 318. Hydrohalic acid salts of the quaternary phosphonium bases are thus obtained, which can easily be converted into other salts according to known methods, for example, by. double decomposition with other suitable salts or acids, or by first manufacturing fromthe hydrohalic acid salts the corresponding free bases and then reacting upon the latter with a suitable acid, such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, organic sulfinicor sulfonic acids, carboxylic acids or the like. Also such acids as per se exert a moth repelling, bactericidal or fungicidal action, such as hydrofluoric acid, halogenated phenol o-carboxylic acids and other ones may be used with advantage. In this or a similar waywe have prepared, and tested a large number of salts of phosphonium bases, partly, containing several phosphorous atoms in the molecule, such as ethylene-di-(triphenylphosphoniumbromide) p-xylylene-d-i- (triphenylphosphoniumbromide), pentamethylene- ,difZtriphenylphosphoniumbromide) and the like,

partlycorresponding, to the probable general formula R1 acid radical P-Rl wherein R1R4 represent similar or dissimilar monovalent hydrocarbon radicals which may be substituted for instance by halogen atoms,nitro'-, hydro'xy-, alkoxy groups or the like.

Compounds we have tested are for instance: Tetrae'thylphosphoniumiodide, tetraphenylphosphonimnbromide, tetraisobutylphosphoniumsulfate, benzyl-triethylphosphoniumchloride, naphthyl-triethylphosphoniumchloride, naphthyl-triethylphosphoniumiodide, p-chlorobenzyltriphenylphosphoniumchloride, ethyl-tritolylphosphoniumlodide, ethyl-trixylylphosphoniumiodide, benzyl-triphenylphosphoniumnitrate, methyl-triphenylphosphoniumiodide, ethyl-triphenylphosphoniumbromide, hydroxyethyl-triphenylphosphoniumchloride, o-chlorobenzyl-triphenylphosphoniumchloride, p-nitrobenzyl-triphenylphosphoniumchloride,

, c1 (CoHOaEP CHI-COO- OIHQ carbethoxymethyl-triphcnyl-phosphonlumchloride (OqHlOEP 0H2. 0O 'anhydro-w-carboxyl-methyl-t1'iphenylphosphoniumhydroxide a1lyl-triphenylphosphoniumchloride, the l-naphthol'-5.7-disulfonic acid-, or salicylic acidor thiocyanic acid salt of benzyl-triphenylphosphonium, the oc-IlflPhthfllBllG sulfonic acid salt of chloro-benzyl-triphenylphosphonium and the like.

All these salts and still other ones have. been found eificacious in combating moths or other animal or plant pests, many of them to such a high degree, that solutions of them of less than 0.l%-0.2% strength are suflicient to render the materials mentioned above moth proofed. Also the growth of bacteria and mold fungi upon these materials is inhibited to a far reaching extent.

It may expressly be stated that from our experiments it must be concluded, that not only thecompounds specifically mentioned above are efiicacious in the above sense, but that this property is, to all salts of quaternary phosphonium bases.

The incorporating of our compounds with the materials to be protected may be performed in the most various manners. For instance, the salts may be dissolved in water or a suitable organic solvent, such as alcohol, chloroform or the like and the materials may be dipped into or sprayed with these solutions. In many cases also 'the solid salts may be used in a finely powdered form with or without the addition of suitable carriers or diluents, such as kieselguhr, talc, wood meal or the like and the treatment of the materials to be protected may be performed by rolling the latter with the powders in an appropriate apparatus. tain salts of the quaternary phosphonium bases may be performed upon the material to be protected, for example, by impregnating it with a' salt of the bases and after-treating it with a. so-

Furthermore the formation of cerpounds are exhausted by the materials being treated with the solutions. Also in the case of the dry application of our compounds an interaction takes place, probably due to the moisture which always adheres to the materials to be protected.

The following examples illustrate our invention,

without limiting it thereto:-

Ezcample 1.-100 kg. of wool are immersed into an aqueous or alcoholic solution of benzyltriphenylphosphoniumchloride of 0.3% strength. After the wool is completely wetted, it is pressed of! and dried. The wool thus treated is completely moth proofed and furthermore protected to a far reaching extent against the attack of animahand plant pests, such as attagenus iaponicus, mold fungi and the like.

Example 2.Wool treated with a solution of benzyl-trlphenylphosphoniumchloride as described in Example 1', is aftertreated with an aqueous solution of potassium perchlorate, whereby the nearly insoluble perchlorate of benzyltriphenylphosphonium is formed upon the fibre. The wool thus treated is moth proofed.

Example 3.Wool is impregnated with an aqueous solution of naphthalene-a-sulfonic acid, pressed off and aftertreated with an aqueous 0.2% solution of benzyl-trlphenylphosphoniumsulfate. The naphthalene-a-sulfonic acid salt of benzyl-triphenylphosphonium is thus formed upon the fibre rendering it moth proofed.

Example 4.Wool, fur or the like is sprayed with an aqueous or alcoholic solution of benzyltriethylphosphoniumchloride of 2% strength. The materials thus treated are moth proofed.

Example 5.-Hair or fur is rolled in a drum with a mixture consisting of 90% of talc and 10% of p chloro -benzyl triphenylphosphoniumchloride for about 1 hour, whereby they are rendered moth proof.

We claim:

1. As products capable of protecting hair, furs, feathers andanimal textile products against attack by animal and plant pests, the salts of quaternary-phosphonium bases.

2. As products capable of protecting hair, fur. feathers and animal textile products against attack by animal and plant pests, the products of the probable general formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 mean monovalent hydrocarbon radicals which may be substituted.

3. As products capable of protecting hair, fur, feathers and animal textile products against attack by animal and plant pests, the products of the probable general formula R1 acid radical IF-R4 lution of a suitable organic or inorganic salt or wherein R1, R2 and R3 mean an aryl radical which may be substituted by halogen atoms and R4 stands for a monovalent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical.

4. As products capable of protecting hair, fur, feathers and animal textile products against attack by animal and plant pests the products of the probable formula wherein R1, R2 and R: mean an aryl radical which may be substituted by halogen atoms, and R4 means a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl radical.

V 5. As products capable of protecting hair, fur,

feathers and animal textile products against attack by animal and plant pests, the products of the probable formula acid radical QHOEP wherein R4 means an aralkyl radical which may be substituted by halogen atoms.

6. As products capable of protecting hair, fur, feathers and animal textile products against attack by animal and plant pests, the compounds of the probable formula acid radical (OsHOEP R wherein R means the benzyl radical which may be substituted by halogen atoms.

7. As a product capable of protecting hair, fur, feathers and animal textile products against attack by animal and plant pests, benzyl-triphenylphosphoniumchloride.

8. As new products, salts of quaternary phosphonium bases of the general formula:

eid radical (OuH|)E1 max 10. As a new product capable of protecting hair, fur, feathers and animal textile products against 140 attack by animal and plant pests, ortho-chlorobenzyl-triphenylphosphonium-chloride of v the following formula: I

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11. As products, capable oi protecting hair, fur. in which at least one hydrogen atom or. the arofeathers and animal textile products against atmatic nucleus of the benzyl radicle is replaced by tacks by animal and plant pests, a benzyl-trichlorine. phenylphosphonium'chloride of the following iore 5 mula: LOMMEL. [:..s.] 80

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